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From laminar flow research to pioneering greener aviation: an academic career in aerodynamics and aerospace engineering - an interview with Prof Ian Poll OBE FREng FCGI Hon FAIAA FRAeS
Taking up the challenge of greening aviation, undertaking fundamental research and guiding university departments, in this fascinating interview, Prof. Ian Poll reflects on a remarkable career spanning pioneering aerodynamics research, university leadership at Cranfield and Manchester, research work at NASA Langley, and the challenge of making aviation more sustainable with Greener by Design.
After seeing no future projects in the 1970s Hawker Siddeley Aviation’s Military Future Projects office, Ian recalls his early research into laminar flow at Cranfield and how he rediscovered the…
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